Where does “을사오적” come from?

을사오적 (Korean) comes from Middle Chinese 賊.

을사오적 (Korean): the Five Eulsa Traitors: Yi Wan-yong, Yi Geun-taek, Yi Ji-yong, Pak Chesoon, Gwon Jung-hyeon, who signed the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 that made the Korean Empire a protectorate of Japan

Definitions

  1. the Five Eulsa Traitors: Yi Wan-yong, Yi Geun-taek, Yi Ji-yong, Pak Chesoon, Gwon Jung-hyeon, who signed the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 that made the Korean Empire a protectorate of Japan

Ancestry of “을사오적”, step by step

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